Jerome B. Simandle
Jerome B. Simandle | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
Assumed office May 31, 2017 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
In office January 2, 2012 – May 31, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Garrett Brown Jr. |
Succeeded by | Jose L. Linares |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
In office May 26, 1992 – May 31, 2017 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
Personal details | |
Born | Jerome B. Simandle 1949 (age 74–75) Binghamton, New York |
Education | Princeton University (B.S.E.) University of Stockholm (Dip.) University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.) |
Jerome B. Simandle (born 1949) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Education and career
Born in Binghamton, New York. Simandle received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1971 from Princeton University. He received a Diploma in Social Science in 1975 from the University of Stockholm in Sweden. He received a Juris Doctor in 1976 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. After graduating from law school, Simandle served as a law clerk to Judge John F. Gerry of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey for two years, and then as an Assistant United States Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. He was then a United States Magistrate in the same district for nine years.[1]
Federal judicial service
Simandle was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on April 1, 1992, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1992, and received his commission on May 26, 1992. He served as Chief Judge from January 2, 2012, until he assumed senior status on May 31, 2017.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Simandle, Jerome B. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
Sources
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Lawyers from Binghamton, New York
- Princeton University alumni
- Stockholm University alumni
- University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
- 20th-century American judges
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- United States magistrate judges